Biography: life and films
Charles Crichton was an English film director and screenwriter. He was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK on 6th August 1910 and died in South Kensington, London, England, UK on 14th September 1999, aged 89.His best films as a film director include Dead of Night (1945), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988).
Charles Crichton directed 22 films.
His most frequent genres include: drama (12 films), comedy (9), Thriller (5), comedy-thriller (3), comedy-romance (3), crime-thriller (2) and War (2).
Our average rating for Charles Crichton over all films is: 3.5
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer
For Those in Peril (1944) [d]
Against the Wind (1948) [d]
Another Shore (1948) [d]
Train of Events (1949) [d]
Dance Hall (1950) [d]
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) [d]
Hunted (1952) [d]
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) [d]
The Divided Heart (1954) [d]
The Love Lottery (1954) [d]
The Man in the Sky (1957) [d]
Law and Disorder (1958) [d]
Floods of Fear (1959) [d,w]
The Battle of the Sexes (1959) [d]
The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960) [d,w]
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) [d]
The Third Secret (1964) [d]
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) [d]
The best films of Ingmar Bergman
The best of Russian cinema
The best French Films of the 1920s
